Gwen Gordon || Restoring the Playground

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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“Play is life force itself… when we can sense and amplify its most life-affirming, transformative impulses, it will point us directly to the Playground.” Today it’s great pleasure to have Gwen Gordon on the podcast. Gordon began her career building Muppets for Sesame Street. Since leaving Sesame Street, Gwen developed Awakened Play, a play-based approach to making behavior change irresistible and transformation delightful. She has applied her insights in organizations ranging from San Quentin Prison to the MIT Media Lab and from IDEO to PepsiCo. Along the way, Gwen has collected a master’s degree in philosophy and an Emmy award in children’s programming. Her latest book is The Wonderful W, which is the first picture book for grownups. In this episode we discuss: What is play? How everything is really “fear of the void” The doorway to the sense of wholeness Gwen’s experience working at Sesame Street Correcting the record about how Gwen created the Rockheads on Sesame Street Scott’s crush on Miss Piggy The shadow side to play How the playground is our true habitat The incredible importance of adult play The inherent paradoxes of play How play relates to attachment theory How play is a healthy stepping stone to healthy childhood development --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:13.0	I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,
0:15.0	and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest
0:18.0	who will stimulate your mind
0:19.0	and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others,
0:22.0	and the world we live in. Hopefully we'll also provide a
0:24.6	glimpse into human possibility. Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast.
0:29.9	Today it's a great pleasure to have Gwen Gordon on the podcast.
0:38.0	Gordon began her career building Muppets for Sesame Street.
0:41.0	Since leaving Sesame Street, Gwen developed awakened play, a play-based
0:45.8	approach to making behavior change irresistible and transformation delightful. She has applied
0:51.2	her insights and organizations ranging from San Quentin Prison to the MIT Media Lab and from IDO to Pepsi Company.
0:59.0	Along the way, Gwen has collected a master's degree in philosophy and an Emmy Award in Children's Programming.
1:04.8	Her latest book is The Wonderful W, which is the first picture book for grownups.
1:10.5	Hey, so great to chat with you today, Gwen.
1:14.0	Great to be here with you, Scott. Is this the first, I just want to clarify something,
1:16.0	is this the first picture book for grown-ups you've done,
1:19.0	or that ever in the history of the world?
1:21.0	Well, being a complete authority on the history of the world. Well being a complete authority on the history of the world I can say
1:25.3	definitively I have absolutely no idea. No there have definitely been picture books for
1:29.6	grown-ups and it's actually not my even my first picture book for grown-ups. It's the first one I've published though.
1:36.0	Okay, the first one you published. Well, cool, I mean I loved it. I still do love it. I love it.
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